spinescent

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin spīnēscēns, present participle of spīnēscō (“to become thorny”), from Latin spīna (“thorn”). By surface analysis, spine +‎ -escent. === Pronunciation === enPR: spī-nĕs′ənt (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA(key): /spaɪ̯ˈnɛs.ənt/; (also Received Pronunciation) /spʌɪ̯-/, /-ˈnes-/; (also Scotland) /spʌi̯-/, /spəi̯-/, /-ʌnt/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /spɑe̯ˈnes.ənt/ (India) IPA(key): /spəjˈnɛ(ː)s.enʈ/, /spɑːjˈnɛ(ː)s.enʈ/ Rhymes: -ɛsənt Hyphenation: spi‧nes‧cent === Adjective === spinescent (not comparable) (botany) Having a spine or spines. Terminating in a spine. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “spinescent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == French == === Etymology === From Latin spīna +‎ -escent. Coined by French lexicographer Pierre-Claude-Victor Boiste in 1803. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /spi.nɛ.sɑ̃/ ~ /spi.ne.sɑ̃/ Hyphenation: spi‧ne‧scent === Adjective === spinescent (feminine spinescente, masculine plural spinescents, feminine plural spinescentes) (botany) spinescent (having a spine or spines) spinescent (terminating in a spine) ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: spinescent === Further reading === “spinescent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French spinescent. === Adjective === spinescent m or n (feminine singular spinescentă, masculine plural spinescenți, feminine/neuter plural spinescente) spinescent (having a spine or spines) spinescent (terminating in a spine) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “spinescent”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026